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U. S. RESERVE CORPS, THREE YEARS' SERVICE. 117
A brief of the case having been submitted to the General in Chief,
it was indorsed by him as follows:
This regiment was remustered as volunteers for three years or the war, while I
commanded the department, and under the supervision of a staff officer. All the men
understood the character of the engagement. Those who wished to be considered
as simply "Home Guards" were discharged. As many of the men had families in St.
Louis, they were told that they would be retained there, unless [required] elsewhere,
but were to be subject to any service anywhere. There could have been no possible
misunderstanding on this subject, and General Curtis was wrong in again reviewing
the question. Those men who were unfit for serviceshould have been discharged and
the regiment filled up or its organization reduced. The men had no claim whatever
for a discharge on the ground of improper enlistment.
And now the regiment should be filled up, if possible, and if not, its organization
should be reduced.
H. W. HALLECK, General in Chief.
MAY 15, 1863.
[Ibid.]
On June 13, 1863, a special inspection of the regiment was ordered.
In their report, dated June 30, 1863, the inspecting officers remarked:
The men and officers at that time (September 12, 1862) claimed, as they have con-
tinually since, that they were deceived by the mustering officer at the remuster in
November, 1861, not understanding there was to be any change of the conditions of
their original oath, but that this remuster was to enable them to draw pay and
clothing. The result of this deception is constant trouble. The men refuse to do
duty, and, in fact, nearly all examined have not drilled for three or four months,
many for eight or nine, and some for one year. They are completely demoralized
and worthless as soldiers. There is no doubt but they will continue so till all the
Reserve Corps men in the regiment are mustered out. They are seriously injuring
the volunteers by their mutinous spirit, which is constantly exhibited.
During the excitement attending the Marmaduke raid in April, Brigadier-General
Davidson, by order of Major-General Curtis, visited the fortifications and promised
the men if they would do their duty as soldiers till the trouble was over they should
be mustered out.
[Ibid.]
In concluding their report, the inspecting officers suggested as the
only method of making the regiment efficient that all of the officers
and men who had entered the service as members of the United States
Resrve Corps be mustered out of service. The report was indorsed
by the inspector-general of the Department of Missouri as follow:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT,
St. Louis July 26, 1863.
Respectfully referred to the major-general commanding the department for his
information and action. Those officers and enlisted men of the Second Regiment of
Missouri Artillery claiming to belong to the Reserve Corps (and these compose more
than one-half of said regiment) are a nuisance, and decidedly a dangerous element
to the service in this city. Their officers are grossly inefficient and neglectful of their
duties and afraid of their men; they are not fit for their positions. All those claim-
ing to belong to the Reserve Corps deserve the severest penalties known to the mili-
tary law for "disobedience of orders," "mutiny and sedition," because here in St.
Louis, where they acknowledge they enlisted to do duty, they are constantly guilty
of all and every one of the military offenses named. This spirit of insubordination
has been greatly stimulated and kept alive by incendiary articles published in the
German papers in St. Louis, and the editors of such papers should be severely dealt
with for such conduct.
If it should be deemed advisable for the interests of the Government by the major-
general commanding the department and by the superior authorities to whom he
man refer this matter that the severer course of coercion and punishment in order
that these men may be obliged to do their duty be dispensed with, then I would
most respectfully and earnestly recommend that all those claiming to belong to the
Reserve Corps be immediately mustered out of service.
J AS. TOTTEN,
Brigadier- General, Inspector- General's Department.
[Ibid.]

Letter from the Secretary of War, in response to the Senate Resolution passed on June 14, 1902, transmitting a paper prepared by the chief of Record and Pension Office of the War Department, showing various classes of Missouri volunteers, militia, and home guards in service during the civil war, and the laws, etc. under which they were raised; also what classes of such are recognized by the War department as being in the military service of the United States and what classes are not so recognized

U. S. RESERVE CORPS, THREE YEARS' SERVICE. 117
A brief of the case having been submitted to the General in Chief,
it was indorsed by him as follows:
This regiment was remustered as volunteers for three years or the war, while I
commanded the department, and under the supervision of a staff officer. All the men
understood the character of the engagement. Those who wished to be considered
as simply "Home Guards" were discharged. As many of the men had families in St.
Louis, they were told that they would be retained there, unless [required] elsewhere,
but were to be subject to any service anywhere. There could have been no possible
misunderstanding on this subject, and General Curtis was wrong in again reviewing
the question. Those men who were unfit for serviceshould have been discharged and
the regiment filled up or its organization reduced. The men had no claim whatever
for a discharge on the ground of improper enlistment.
And now the regiment should be filled up, if possible, and if not, its organization
should be reduced.
H. W. HALLECK, General in Chief.
MAY 15, 1863.
[Ibid.]
On June 13, 1863, a special inspection of the regiment was ordered.
In their report, dated June 30, 1863, the inspecting officers remarked:
The men and officers at that time (September 12, 1862) claimed, as they have con-
tinually since, that they were deceived by the mustering officer at the remuster in
November, 1861, not understanding there was to be any change of the conditions of
their original oath, but that this remuster was to enable them to draw pay and
clothing. The result of this deception is constant trouble. The men refuse to do
duty, and, in fact, nearly all examined have not drilled for three or four months,
many for eight or nine, and some for one year. They are completely demoralized
and worthless as soldiers. There is no doubt but they will continue so till all the
Reserve Corps men in the regiment are mustered out. They are seriously injuring
the volunteers by their mutinous spirit, which is constantly exhibited.
During the excitement attending the Marmaduke raid in April, Brigadier-General
Davidson, by order of Major-General Curtis, visited the fortifications and promised
the men if they would do their duty as soldiers till the trouble was over they should
be mustered out.
[Ibid.]
In concluding their report, the inspecting officers suggested as the
only method of making the regiment efficient that all of the officers
and men who had entered the service as members of the United States
Resrve Corps be mustered out of service. The report was indorsed
by the inspector-general of the Department of Missouri as follow:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSOURI,
INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT,
St. Louis July 26, 1863.
Respectfully referred to the major-general commanding the department for his
information and action. Those officers and enlisted men of the Second Regiment of
Missouri Artillery claiming to belong to the Reserve Corps (and these compose more
than one-half of said regiment) are a nuisance, and decidedly a dangerous element
to the service in this city. Their officers are grossly inefficient and neglectful of their
duties and afraid of their men; they are not fit for their positions. All those claim-
ing to belong to the Reserve Corps deserve the severest penalties known to the mili-
tary law for "disobedience of orders," "mutiny and sedition," because here in St.
Louis, where they acknowledge they enlisted to do duty, they are constantly guilty
of all and every one of the military offenses named. This spirit of insubordination
has been greatly stimulated and kept alive by incendiary articles published in the
German papers in St. Louis, and the editors of such papers should be severely dealt
with for such conduct.
If it should be deemed advisable for the interests of the Government by the major-
general commanding the department and by the superior authorities to whom he
man refer this matter that the severer course of coercion and punishment in order
that these men may be obliged to do their duty be dispensed with, then I would
most respectfully and earnestly recommend that all those claiming to belong to the
Reserve Corps be immediately mustered out of service.
J AS. TOTTEN,
Brigadier- General, Inspector- General's Department.
[Ibid.]